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Books  and  Pamphlets 


ISSUED    FROM   THE 


PRIVATE  PRESS 


OF 


Franklin  P.  Rice, 


From  1871  to  1915. 


WITH  A  LIST  OF  PUBLICATIONS  WRITTEN,  COMPILED  OR 
EDITED  BY  Mr.  RICE,  BUT  NOT  PRINTED  ON  HIS  PRESS. 


FIRST  EDITION  PRINTED  IN  1887 


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Preface. 


In  1887,  in  response  to  an  inquiry  by  Mr.  Samuel  S.  Green,  the 
Librarian  of  the  Free  Public  Library  in  Worcester,  I  prepared  and 
printed  a  List  of  Books  and  Pamphlets  issued  from  my  Private  Press 
previous  to  that  time,  w^hich  numbered,  with  the  catalogue,  forty-seven. 
Several  titles  belonging  to  this  period,  but  later  recovered,  make  the 
number  presented  in  the  following  pages  fifty-one.  From  this  point  I 
have  proceeded  in  the  compilation  from  1887  to  191 5,  tracing  my 
work  year  by  year  to  the  present,  and  find  the  number  of  emanations 
to  be  now  one  hundred  and  twenty-two.  Possibly  there  may  have  been 
a  few  more  which  have  fallen  out  of  recollection  or  escaped  my  at- 
tention, but  I  think  the  list  as  now  given  is  substantially  complete. 

With  the  exception  of  perhaps  one  hundred  and  fifty  pages  in  the 
whole,  every  piece  of  type  in  the  grand  total  has  been  set  by  my  hands, 
and  all  but  a  possible  hundred  or  so  pages  were  printed  on  my  private 
press,  always  a  small  affair,  and  capable  of  producing  not  more  than 
two  or  four  pages  at  an  impression.  As  my  editions  as  a  rule  did  not 
exceed  two  or  three  hundred  copies,  the  size  of  the  press  was  not  of 
as  much  consequence  as  it  would  have  been  if  a  large  number  of  im- 
pressions were  attempted. 

As  I  never  received  an  hour's  instruction  in  a  printing  office,  nor  in 
any  way  came  into  connection  with  the  regular  crafi:  until  within  recent 
years,  I  cannot  call  myself  a  printer  in  the  ordinary  sense  ;  and  as  the 
producing  of  books  was  a  process  auxiliary  to  the  carrying  out  of  certain 
undertakings  I  had  in  mind,  the  matter  of  the  mechanical  culmination 
of  these  did  not  assume  in  my  estimation  an  Importance  in  any  way  to 


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be  compared  with  the  main  object.  In  fact,  as  it  appears  to  me,  I  gave 
comparatively  little  attention  to  this  part  of  my  wrork  v/hich  was  second- 
ary to  the  execution  of  purposes  themselves  of  minor  interest  to  the  main 
objects  of  my  desires  and  intentions  from  which  I  was  turned  aside  by 
unfortunate  circumstances.  I  have  pursued  certain  lines  of  investigation 
to  a  demonstration,  but  in  no  way  satisfactory  to  myself,  and  I  am 
more  impressed  by  my  failures  than  by  my  successes. 

Incidentally  I  have  been  able  to  assist  several  of  my  friends  in  the 
production  of  certain  works  of  notable  excellence  in  literary  form  and 
practical  usefulness,  to  which  my  press  afforded  the  connection  between 
contemplation  and  demonstration.  These  efforts  in  their  success  have 
given  me  great  satisfaction  —  even  more,  I  think,  than  those  of  my  own 
—  and  I  judge  that  their  authors,  from  their  expression  to  me,  have  no 
regrets.  Most  of  my  undertakings  have  been  carried  through  with 
little  or  no  pecuniary  return,  while  the  production  of  the  Worcester 
Records  resulted  in  large  loss. 

In  my  printing  I  was  not  striving  for  excellence  or  fine  or  fancy  exe- 
cution. I  only  believed  in  doing  well  and  thoroughly  whatever  I 
undertook,  and  I  feel  that  I  could  have  demonstrated  this  propensity 
equally  well  in  other  lines  —  particularly  in  medicine  and  surgery,  my 
early  inclination  which  I  was  forced  to  abandon.  I  have  been  judged 
to  have  some  mechanical  ability  and  artistic  conception,  and  perhaps 
the  fact  that  certain  of  my  early  printed  productions  stand  equally  with 
the  later  ones,  if  not  better,  can  be  accounted  for  in  this  way.  That 
some  of  the  books  from  my  press  have  been  commended  by  experienced 
judges  has  surprised  me. 

A  regret  now  is  that  the  Une  of  systematic  historical  work  begun  and 
carried  on  by  me  in  the  institution  to  which  I  gave  the  efforts  of  my 
time  and  press  for  so  long  could  not  have  been  continued.  It  took  me 
several  years  to  recover  from  the  disastrous  experiences  of  the  early 
nineties,  but  with  this  setback  I  was  able  to  produce  more  than  forty 
volumes  later,  which  with  an  undisturbed  course  could  have  been  easily 
increased  to  eighty  or  more. 

FRANKLIN  P.  RICE. 

fVorcester,  August  /,  IQIj. 


Private  Press  of  Franklin  P.  Rice. 


I. 

The  Worcester  Guide,      [With  descriptive  text,  and  spaces  for  ad- 
vertisements.     i8mo.,  1 6  pp.      1 87 1?] 

Probably  the  first  production  of  any  consequence  or  consistency  issued  from  my 
press.      This  did  not  reach  a  practical  culmination. 

II. 

Cards  for  Mineralogical  Cabinet,  comprising  names  for    several 
hundred  specimens.      [1872  or  3. J 

III. 
Names  of  the  Bones,  Muscles,  etc.,  printed  on  cardboard  slips  in 
large  type,  to  be  arranged  in  groups  and  read  across  the  room,  for 
assistance  in  the  study  of  anatomy.      [1873  ^^  4- J 

IV. 
Names  of  Minerals  in  small  type  to  be  gummed  to  specimens.  [1874.] 

[From  this  point  the  list  follows  very  nearly  the  one  printed  in  1887.] 
V. 
Correspondence  about  a  Curious  Historical  Fact.  Letters  of 
Commodore  Jesse  D.  Elliott  and  Andrew  Jackson  in  relation  to  the 
offer  of  the  sarcophagus  of  the  Emperor  Alexander  Severus  as  the 
depository  of  the  remains  of  General  Jackson.  1874.  i8mo,  11 
pp.     JO  copies. 

Half  of  thete  were  for  my  friend,  Pardon  A.    Lee,   who  gave  me  the  original 
broadside  issued  in  Washington. 


PRIVATE  PRESS  OF 


VI. 
A  Poem.      By  Colonel  Putman  W.   Taft.      Delivered  in  Mendon, 
Massachusetts,  on  the  two  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  Tovi^n.      Portrait.      Privately  printed,  1876.     Sm.  4to, 
22  pp.     50  copies. 

Printed  for  Mr.  Pardon  A.  Lee,  a  half-brother  of  Colonel  Taft. 

VII. 

The  Story  of  Caspar  Hauser,  the  Nuremberg  Foundling.      Reprint 

from  the  Penny  Magazine.      1877.      i8mo,  39  pp.    50  copies. 

VIII. 

Memoranda  concerning  recent  Archaeological  Research,  and  Thoughts 
suggested  by  Relics  of  Antiquity.  A  paper  read  before  The  Worces- 
ter Society  of  Antiquity  but  not  printed  in  the  Proceedings.  By 
EUery  B.  Crane.      8vo,  24  pp.     ^o  copies. 

IX. 

Extracts  from  the  Diary  of  John  Quincy  Adams,  concerning  his  Co- 
temporaries,  Himself,  and  the  Christian  Religion.  1878.  Portrait. 
Sm.  4to,  30  pp.     50  copies. 

X. 

Memorial  of  George  Jaques,  comprising  Selections  from  his  Journals 
and  a  Biographical  Sketch.  Compiled  by  Albert  A.  Lovell,  from 
manuscripts  in  his  possession.  Privately  printed  in  two  sizes,  and 
bound  in  hard  covers.  1878.  Portrait.  Sm.  4to,  90  pp.  75 
copies. 

XI. 
Poems,  by  Annie  Louise  Banister.      1879.      Sm.  410,  18  pp. 
Printed  for  Albert  A.  Lovell. 

XII. 
Addendum  to  the  Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds  in  Worces- 
ter,  Massachusetts.      1879.       [Compiled  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.] 
Published  by  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity.      8vo,  37  pp. 
JOO  copies. 

This  was  the  first  effort  of  my  press  for  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity. 


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XIII. 
Early  Records  of  the  Town  of  Worcester.      Book  I.,  1722-173  9. 
[Edited  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.]      Published  by  The  Worcester  So- 
ciety of  Antiquity.      1879.      ^vo,  142  pp.      22J'  copies. 

The  first  publication  of  Town  Records  in  Massachusetts  pursued  consecutively  to 
the  end.  One  volume  of  Brookline  (Muddy  River)  Records  had  preceded  it  in 
1875,  but  it  happened  that  I  did  not  know  of  this  until  twenty  years  later. 

XIV. 
Prize  Essay  on  the  Most  Humane  and  Practical  Plan  for  Ridding  Our 
Country  of  the  Evil  of  Intemperance.   By  Samuel  E.  Staples.     Pri- 
vately printed.      1880.      8vo,  13  pp.     ^o  copies. 

XV. 
History  of  Northborough,  Mass.,  in  various   Publications  and  Dis- 
courses by  Rev.  Joseph  Allen,  d.  d..  Minister  of  the  Town.    1880. 
8vo,  19  pp.      20  copies. 

Title-page  and  full  index  to  Doctor  Allen's  publications,  printed  for  Mr.  George 
Sumner. 

XVI. 
Early  Records  of  the  Town  of  Worcester.     Book  II.    1739-  1753. 
[Edited  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.]      Published  by  The  Worcester  So- 
ciety of  Antiquity.      1880.      8vo,  145  pp.      2^0  copies. 

XVII. 
Records  of  the  Proprietors  of  Worcester,  Massachusetts.      Edited  by 
Franklin  P.    Rice.      Published  by  The  Worcester  Society  of  An- 
tiquity.     1 88 1.      With  nearly   300  plans.      8vo,    336  pp.      2^0 
copies. 

This,  I  think,  the  first  publication  of  Proprietary  Records. 
XVIII. 
Worcester  Town  Records  from  1754  to  1783.     Edited  by  Franklin 
P.  Rice.    Published  by  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity.    1882. 
8vo,  472  pp.     joo  copies. 

XIX. 
Portraits  and  Sketches  of  the  Presidents  of  the  United   States,  from 
Washington  to  Arthur.        [Text  by   Franklin   P.    Rice.]      1882. 
2  copies  folio  and  25  quarto. 


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XX. 
Peter  Rugg,  the  Missing  Man.     By  William  Austin.    With  a  Notice 
of  the  Author.      1882.      i2mo,  64  pp.     ^o  copies. 

XXI. 
Records  of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions  of  the  Peace,  for  the  County 
of  Worcester,    Massachusetts,   from    1731    to    1737.       Edited  by 
Franklin  P.  Rice.    Published  by  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity. 

1883.  8vo,  197  pp.      22^  copies. 

This  was  the  first  publication  of  County  Records  within  my  knowledge. 
XXII. 
Reminiscences  of  the  Rev.    George  Allen  of  Worcester.        With  a 
Biographical  Sketch  and  Notes  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.      Published  by 
Putnam  and  Davis.    1883.     Portrait.      Square  8vo,  127  pp.      2^0 
copies. 

Some  unfriendly  criticism  of  this  book  was  expressed  by  a  certain  element  in 
Worcester,  but  this  was  greatly  overbalanced  by  its  general  kindly  and  appreciative 
reception.  Nearly  two  hundred  copies  were  within  a  short  time  sold  at  two  dollars 
each. 

XXIII. 
Thomas  Beket,  or  the  Mitre  and  the  Crow^n.      [By  Alfred  Waites.] 
(For  private  circulation).      1883.      Sm.  4to,  102  pp.   1 00  copies. 

XXIV. 

The  Worcester  Book  :  a  Diary  of  Noteworthy  Events  in  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  from  1653  to  1883.  By  Franklin  P.  Rice.  Pub- 
lished by  Putnam,  Davis  and  Company.  Illustrated.  8vo,  159 
pp.     300  copies. 

XXV. 

A  Memorial  of  Clarendon  Harris.  By  Clark  Jillson.  [Reprinted 
from    the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of   Antiquity.] 

1884.  8vo,  5  pp.      100  copies. 

XXVI. 

Historical  Sketch  of  the  Worcester  County  Musical  Association.  By 
Samuel  E.  Staples.  Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worces- 
ter Society  of  Antiquity  for  1884.      8vo,  26  pp.      lOO  copies. 


FRANKLIN  P.  RICE. 


XXVII. 
The  Manufacture  of  Lumber,  and  its  Use  in  House  Building.       By 
Ellery  B.  Crane.    Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worces- 
ter Society  of  Antiquity  for  1884.      8vo,  13  pp.      lOO  copies. 
XXVIII. 
An  Episode  of  Worcester  History.      By  Nathaniel   Paine.      Privately 
printed  [from  the   Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  An- 
tiquity].     1884.      8vo,  9  pp.     50  copies. 

XXIX. 
Incidents  of  the  First  and  Second  Settlements  of  Worcester.       By 
Francis  E.  Blake.    [Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worces- 
ter Society  of  Antiquity] .      1884.     Facsimile.     8vo,  33  pp.      100 
copies. 
Second  Edition  published  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.     §00  copia: 
XXX. 
An  Account  of  the  Discovery  of  a  Mastodon's  Remains  in  North- 
borough,  Worcester  County,  Massachusetts,    By  Franklin  P.  Rice. 
1885.      Illustration.      8vo,  8  pp.     500  copies. 

A  further  investigation  revealed  the  astonishing  reality  of  a  human  skull  involved 
in  the  remains  of  the  IVTastodon.  As  this  fact  supplied  a  long-desired  want  among 
the  scientists  to  prove  the  contemporaneous  existence  of  man  and  mammoth,  it  was 
seized  upon  with  avidity,  and  the  skull  was  subjected  to  an  examination  of  several 
months'  duration,  in  the  course  of  which  the  writer  was  assured  that  it  presented 
indubitable  evidence  of  twenty  or  thirty  centuries'  antiquity,  and  that  it  belonged  to 
a  female.  A  large  assembly  met  a  disappointment  in  a  suddenly  revised  opinion 
that  it  was  a  male  skull,  and  that  it  had  not  been  long  in  the  peat. 

XXXI. 
Random  Recollections  of  Worcester,    Mass.,    1 839-1 843.      Being 
Remarks  made  at  a  meeting  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity 
held  June  3d,  1884.      By  Nathaniel  Paine.      1885.      Many  illus- 
trations.     Large  8vo,  46  pp.      lOO  copies. 

XXXII. 
A  Memorial  of  Francis  Gregory  Sanborn.    By  Thomas  A.  Dickinson. 
Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  An- 
tiquity for  1884,  with  additions.      1885.      Portrait.      8vo,  20  pp. 
^O  copies. 


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XXXIII. 
John  Brown  :  a  Retrospect.      By  Alfred  S.  Roe.       [Reprinted  from 
the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  1884.] 
1885.      8vo,  25  pp.      100  copies. 

XXXIV. 

Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  the  year  1884. 
1885.      Illustrated.      8vo,  243  pp.      2^50  copies. 

XXXV. 

Some  Worcester  Matters,  1 689-1 743.  By  Francis  E.  Blake.  [Re- 
printed from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity 
for  1884].  Published  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.  1885.  8vo,  17  pp. 
200  copies. 

XXXVI. 

Rutland  and  the  Indian  Troubles  of  1723-30.  [Reprinted  from  the 
Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity] .  Published  by 
Franklin  P.  Rice.  1886.  Map  and  illustration.  8vo,  53  pp.  200 
copies. 

XXXVII. 

The  Story  of  Company  A,  25th  Regiment,  Mass.  Vols.,  in  the  War 
of  the  Rebellion.  By  Samuel  H,  Putnam.  Published  by  Putnam, 
Davis  and  Company.  1886.  Portrait  and  maps.  8vo,  324  pp. 
^75  copies,  6  on  large  paper. 

This  undertaking  was  entered  into  by  the  author  only  after  much  urging  and  en- 
couragement by  the  printer,  but  I  do  not  think  that  either  anticipated  the  success 
the  book  attained.      It  received  commendation  from  high  military  critics. 

XXXVIII. 
Manning  Leonard  :   a  Memorial.    By  Clark  Jillson.    [Reprinted  from 
the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity].      1886. 
8vo,  7  pp.      100  copies. 

XXXIX. 
Worcester  Main  Street  in  1822.    By  Henry  H.  Chamberlin.     [Re- 
printed from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity 
for  1885].    1886.    Published  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.     8vo,      24  pp. 
100  copies. 


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XL. 

Medals  ;  Report  of  the  Department  of  Relics,  Coins  and  Curiosities, 
presented  at  a  meeting  of  Tlie  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity,  held 
October  6th.  1885.  By  J.  Chauncey  Lyford.  [Reprint  from  the 
Proceedings].  Published  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.  1886.  8vo,  iz 
pp.      200  copies. 

XLI. 

Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  the  year  1885. 

1886.  Illustrated.      8vo,  160  pp.     joo  copies. 

XLIL 

Narrative  of  Amos  E.  Stearns,  Member  Co.  A,  25th  Regt.,  Mass. 
Vols.,  a  Prisoner  at  Andersonville.  With  an  Introduction  by  Sam- 
uel H.  Putnam.  Published  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.  1887.  Square 
8vo,  57  pp.      2^0  copies. 

XLIII. 

The  Ancestry  of  Edward  Rawson,  Secretary  of  the  Colony  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay.  With  some  account  of  his  Life  in  Old  and  New 
England.  By  Ellery  Bicknell  Crane.  [Reprinted  from  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  with  additions]. 

1887.  Portrait.      8vo,  53  pp.      lOO  copies. 

XLIV. 

The  Abolitionists  Vindicated  in  a  Review  of  Eli  Thayer's  Paper  on 
the  New  England  Emigrant  Aid  Company.  By  Oliver  Johnson. 
Published  by  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity.  1887.  8vo, 
29  pp.     300  copies,  and  a  special  edition  of  ^00  copies. 

This  pamphlet  was  put  forth  by  the  Garrisonians  as  a  reply  to  certain  criticisms 
of  the  Honorable  Eli  Thayer  printed  in  his  account  of  the  Emigrant  Aid  Movement 
which  I  had  published  but  did  not  print.  A  desire  to  afford  the  Abolitionists  an 
equal  chance  to  publicity  induced  me  to  have  Mr.  Johnson's  effort  put  into  type  in 
my  office  by  my  assistant,  and  I  printed  it  on  my  press  as  an  individual  publication, 
for  if  it  had  awaited  its  course  in  the  Proceedings  it  would  not  have  appeared  until  a 
year  later.  I  was  not  in  any  adequate  degree  reimbursed  for  this,  and  received  few 
thanks  from  the  Abolitionists,  but  the  Thayer  paper  and  this  gained  a  national  repu- 
tation for  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity,  as  its  other  work  proved  that  it  was 
more  than  a  "local"  society. 


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XLV. 
Indians  and  Europeans  :  a  paper  based  upon  Ellis,  Parkman  and  others. 
By  U.    Waldo  Cutler.      Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  The 
Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  1887.     8vo,  22  pp.    jo  copies. 

XLVI. 
Rev.  John  Nelson  of  Leicester  :   a  paper  read  before  The  Worcester 
Society  of  Antiquity,  April   5,  1887.      By  Rev.  A.  H.  Coolidge. 
[Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings] .    1887.    8vo,  25  pp.   lOO  copies. 

XLVII. 
Sancta  Croce  :   a  Nicotian  Treatise,  with  Illustrative  Antitheses.  [By 
Alfred  Waites] .      Published  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.       1887.       Illus- 
tration.     1 6mo,  8  5  pp.      J 2^  numbered  copies,  parchment  covers. 

A  second  edition  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  copies  on  thin  paper  was  printed, 
numbered,  and  bound  in  hard  covers. 

XLVIII. 
Asa  Holman  Waters  :   a  paper  read  before  The  Worcester  Society  of 
Antiquity,  May  3,  1887.      By  John  C.  Crane.      [Reprinted  from 
the  Proceedings],      1887.      Portrait.      8vo,  15  pp.     j'o  copies. 
A  second  edition  of  fifty  copies  was  published  by  Franklin  P.  Rice. 
XLIX. 
Memorials  of  Rev.  Joseph  Sumner,  d.  d..   Minister  of  Shrew^sbury, 
Massachusetts,   from    1762   to    1824.      [Compiled  and  edited  by 
Franklin  P.  Rice  for  Mr.  George  Sumner,  a  grandson]       Privately 
printed.      Portraits  and  illustrations.      8vo,  163  pp.     ^o  copies. 

L. 
The  Puritans  of  Massachusetts  Bay  :  Who  were  they  ?  What  caused 
them  to  leave  England  ?  Why  did  they  come  here  ?  What  did  they 
do  here  ?  By  Rev.  Abijah  P.  Marvin.  [Reprinted  from  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  1887].  1887. 
8vo,  20  pp.     50  copies. 

LI. 
Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  the  year  1887. 
1888.      Illustrated.      8vo,  238  pp.     joo  copiss. 
This  marks  the  end  of  the  first  Catalogue  printed  in  1887. 


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LII. 
A  List  of  Books  and  Pamphlets  issued  from  the  Private  Press  of  Frank- 
lin P.  Rice.      To  which  is  prefixed  a  Letter  to  Samuel  S.  Green, 
Librarian  of  the  Free  Public  Library,  Worcester,      1887.     8vo,  12 
pp.      200  copies  ? 

LIII. 
William  Shakespeare.    [For  B.  T.  Hammond].   1887.    8vo,  10  pp. 
Printed  for  private  circulation.      25  copies. 

This  referred  not  to  the  immortal  bard,  but  to  a  contemporary  music  teacher  and 
performer  of  London. 

LIV. 

Constitution  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity.    32mo,  14  pp. 

LV. 
The  Anglican  Church  in  the  Colonies :   a  Paper  read  at  a  meeting  of 
The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity,  September  13th,  1887.      By 
Henry  L.  Parker.      [Reprint  from  the  Proceedings].    1888.     8vo, 
28  pp.      100  copies. 

LVI. 
Some  Meriams  and  Their  Connection  wdth  Other  Families.   By  Rufiis  • 
N.   Meriam.      [Reprint  from  the   Proceedings  of  The  ^^'^orcester 
Society  of  Antiquity  for  1887].    1888.    8vo,  52  pp.      loo  copies. 

LVII. 
A  Memorial  of  Isaac  Newton  Metcalf.    By  Samuel  E.  Staples.    Leaf 
reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  An- 
tiquity for  1887. 

LVIII. 
A  Funeral  Oration  occasioned  by  the  death    of  General    George 
Washington.      Written  at  the  request  of  the  Boston   Mechanic  As- 
sociation, and  delivered  before  them  on  the  Z2d  of  Feb.   1800.    By 
Joseph  Tuckerman.      [Reprint].      8vo,  30  pp.      2^  copies. 

LIX. 
A  Memorial  of  Rev.  Joseph  Tuckerman.      1888.      i2mo,  372  pp. 
200  copies. 

Printed  for  Mr.  Joseph  Tuckerman  of  Newport,  R.  1.,  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Tuckerman. 


14  PRIVATE  PRESS  OF 

LX. 

Reminiscences  of  Cambridge  and  Harvard  College.  By  Rev.  S.  D. 
Hosmer.  [Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  So- 
ciety of  Antiquity  for  1888].    1889.      8vo,  12  pp.      100  copies. 

LXI. 

Peter  Whitney  and  his  History  of  Worcester  County.  By  John  C. 
Crane.  [Reprint  from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society 
of  Antiquity  for  1888].  Franklin  P.  Rice,  Publisher.  Portrait. 
1889.      8vo,  25  pp.     100  copies. 

LXII. 
Worcester  Methodism  :  Its  Beginnings.      A  Paper  read  before  the 
N.  E.  M.  E.  Historical  Society  and  The  Worcester  Society  of  An- 
tiquity.   [Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  the  last  named  Society]. 
1889.      Illustration.      8vo,  31  pp.      lOO  copies  ? 

LXIII. 

History  of  the  Seal  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity.  By  Frank- 
lin P.  Rice.  [Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  for  1888].  1889. 
With  facsimiles  of  the  original  designs.      8vo,  12  pp.     ^o  copies. 

The  several  original  designs  submitted  for  selection  were  rescued  from  the  danger 
of  the  waste  basket  by  the  writer,  who  had  the  plates  made,  and  prepared  the  ac- 
count. The  adoption  of  this  Seal  in  the  early  period  is  evidence  of  the  archaeological 
tendency  in  the  Society. 

LXIV. 
The  Early  Militia  System  of  Massachusetts  :   a  Paper  read  before  The 
Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity,  October  2d,  1888.     By  Ellery  B. 
Crane.    [Reprint  from  the  Proceedings].    1889.    8vo,  25  pp.     50 
copies  ? 

LXV. 
Dorothea  Lynde  Dix  :   a  Paper  read  before  The  Worcester  Society 
of  Antiquity,  November  20th,  1888,      By  Alfred  S.  Roe.      [Re- 
printed from  the  Proceedings].    1889.    8vo,  20  pp.     ^o  copies? 

LXVI. 
Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  the  year  1888. 
1889.      8vo,  173  pp.     joo  copies. 


FRANKLIN  P.  RICE.  15 

LXVII. 
Roll  of  the  Congregational  Church,  Auburn,  Mass.,  December  15th, 
1889.      i6mo,  8  pp. 

Printed  for  my  friend,  the  late  Reverend  Samuel  D.  Hosmer. 
LXVIIL 
The  Worcester  District  in  Congress  from    1789  to    1857  :     a  Paper 
read  before  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity,  June  11,  1889. 
By  FrankUn  P.  Rice.      8vo,  28  pp.     50  copies? 

This  paper  was  in  type  for  the  reading,  and  a  second  edition  of  one  hundred  copies 
from  the  Proceedings  was  reprinted  in  1890. 

LXIX. 
Time  Notes.      No.  i.     January,  1889.      410. 

Two  or  three  numbers  of  a  publication  with  this  name,  which  has  been  given  to 
a  later  production,  were  planned,  but  were  not  completed. 

LXX. 
Baconian  Facts  :  an  Epilogue  to  the  Farce  of  "Bacon  vs.  Shakespeare". 
[By  Alfred  Waites].     Worcester,    Mass.,   Franklin  P.  Rice,    Pub- 
lisher.     1890.      Sm.  Svo,  24  pp.     ^00  copies. 

This  contribution  to  the  Shakespeare-Bacon  controversy  had  a  notable  run.  Mr. 
Waites  was  strongly  anti-Baconian,  and  maintained  his  ground  well.  A  portion  of 
the  edition  had  the  names  of  Lee  and  Shepard,  Boston,  publishers,  on  the  cover. 
The  type  was  set  in  my  ofBce,  but  the  pages  were  struck  off  on  a  power  press. 

LXXI. 
Military  Operations  at  Castine,  Maine.    By  Rev.  George  F.  Clark. 
Read  before  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity,  February   5th, 
1889.      [Reprint  from  the   Proceedings].      1890.      8vo,  24  pp. 
^O  copies. 

LXXII. 
The  Burning  of  the  Ursuline  Convent  in  Charlestown  in   1834.      By 
Ephraim  Tucker.    [Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worces- 
ter Society  of  Antiquity  for  1889].    1890.    8vo,  24  pp.  ^o  copies. 
LXXIII. 
Reminiscences  of  Elbridge  Boyden.     [Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings 
of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  1889].    1890.    8vo,  13 
pp.     50  copies. 


i6  PRIVATE  PRESS  OF 

LXXIV. 

Worcester  Town  Records  from  1784  to  1800.  Edited  by  Franklin 
P.  Rice.  Published  by  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity.  [Vol- 
ume viii.,  of  the  Collections].      1890.     8vo,  411  pp.    joo  copies. 

LXXV. 

Memorials  of  Meredith,   New    Hampshire.      New  England  Town 

Series,  edited  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.     Massachusetts  Record  Society. 

1 89 1.      8vo,  13  pp.      100  copies? 

LXXVI. 

Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  the  year  I  889. 

1890.  8vo,  160  pp.     JOO  copies. 

LXXVII. 
A  Memorial  of  Dr.    Guillermo  Rawson,   Buenos  Ayres,   Argentine 
Republic.      By  Ellery  B.  Crane.    [Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings 
of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  1890].    1891.    Portrait. 
8vo,  52  pp.      100  copies. 

Lxxvin. 

A  Memorial  of  Rev.    Adin  Ballou.      By   Rev.    Carlton  A.    Staples. 
[Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  An- 
tiquity for  1890J.    1 891.    Portrait.      8vo,  16  pp.      lOO  copies? 
LXXIX. 

Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  the  year  1 890. 

1 89 1.  Portraits.      8vo,  178  pp.     joo  copies. 

LXXX. 
The  Rival  Chiefs  of  Acadia.      By  Rev.  George  F.  Clark.      [Reprint 
from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity],  i  891 . 
8vo,  22  pp.     50  copies. 

LXXXI. 
John  and  Thomas  Totman  and  their  Descendants.      By  Rufus  N. 
Meriam,  a.  m.    [Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester 
Society  of  Antiquity  for  1 891].      8vo,  31  pp.     ^O  copies. 
LXXXII. 
Field  Day  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  in  Medfield,  June 
20th,  1 89 1.      The  Medfield  Historical  Society.      1892.    Reprint. 
8vo,  5  I  pp.      Portrait.      100  copies. 


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LXXXIII. 

Remarks  on  the  Publication  of  Records,  with  reference  to  the  condi- 
tion of  the  British  Archives  of  earlier  time.      By   Franklin   P.  Rice. 
[Reprinted  from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Anti- 
quity for  1 891].      8vo,  8  pp.      JOO  copies. 
LXXXIV. 

Worcester  Town  Records  from  1801  to  1816.    Edited  by  Franklin 
P.  Rice.    Published  by  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity.  [Vol- 
ume X.  of  the  Collections].      I  891.      8vo,  383  pp.     joo  copies. 
LXXXV. 

A  Biographical  Notice  of  Benson  John  Lossing,  ll.  d.    Prepared  for 

The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity,  by  Nathaniel  Paine.    [Reprint 

from  the  Proceedings  for    1891].      1892.      Portrait.      8vo,  8  pp. 

^O  copies. 

LXXXVI. 

First  Records  of  the  Town  of  Adams,  Massachusetts.    New  England 
Town  Series,  edited  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.        Massachusetts  Record 
Society.      1892.      8vo,  11  pp.      1 00  copies. 
LXXXVII. 

The  Early  Ministry  of  Mendon,  Massachusetts.  A  Paper  read  be- 
fore The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity,  March  ist,  1892.  By 
Rev.  George  F.  Clark,      [Reprint  from  the  Proceedings].      8vo, 

20  pp.     50  copies. 

LXXXVIII. 

George  William  Curtis  and  his  Antecedents.    By  Henry  H.  Cham- 

berlin.      [Reprint  from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society 

of  Antiquity  for  1892]      8vo,  18  pp.     50  copies? 

LXXXIX. 

Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  the  year  1 892. 

1893.      8vo,  167  pp.     JOO  copies. 

XC. 

Statistics  of  Comb-Making  in  Leominster,  1852.    By  Caleb  C.  Field, 

M.  D.      With  an  Introduction  by  Samuel  A.  Green,  m.  d.       1893. 

8vo,  14  pp.      ^o  copies. 

Printed  as  a  favor  to  my  friend,  Doctor  Green  of  Boston. 


i8  PRIVATE  PRESS  OF 

xci. 

Remonstrance  and  Protest  of  Franklin  P.  Rice,  against  the  continued 
interference  with  his  rights  as  a  tenant  in  the  Building  of  The  Worces- 
ter Society  of  Antiquity.  Proposition  to  Surrender  Lease  of  Rooms. 
Appendix  comprising  the  Documents  and  Testimony  in  the  Lease 
Trouble,  etc.    Presented  at  a  meeting  of  the  Society,  December  12, 

1893,  8vo,  29  pp.      TOO  copies? 

XCII. 
Worcester  Town  Records,  i  8  i  7-  i  8  3  2 .    Edited  by  Franklin  P.  Rice. 
Pubhshed  by  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity.    [Volume  xi.  of 
the  Collections].      1893.      8vo,  382  pp.     joo  copies. 

XCIII. 
Farm  Life  in  Colonial  New  England.      A    Paper    read    before    The 
Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity,  March  7th,  1893.      By  Arthur  P. 
Rugg.      Privately  Printed.      1894.      8vo,  19  pp.     JO  copies. 

XCIV. 
Jonathan  Holman,  a  Revolutionary  Colonel.      A  Paper  read  before 
The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity,  December   5th,  1893.      By 
John  C.  Crane.      1894.      Portrait.      8vo,  19  pp.     jO  copies. 

XCV. 
Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  the  year  1893. 

1894.  8vo,  162  pp.     JOO  copies. 

XCVI. 
In  Memoriam.      George  Sumner,    1 824-1 893.      Sm.   8vo,   32  pp. 
Portrait.      200  copies.      [By  John  C.  Crane]  . 

XCVII. 
Through  Glade  and  Mead  :   a  Contribution  to  Local  Natural  History. 
By  Joseph  Jackson     Illustrations  from  photographs  by  J.  C.  Lyford 
Published  by  Putnam,  Davis  and  Company    1894  Sq.  8vo  and  4to, 
332  pp.     JOO  copies  ordinary  and  jj  large  paper. 
XCVIII. 
Flora  of  Worcester  County.    A  Catalogue  of  the   Ph^nogamous  and 
Vascular  Cryptogamous   Plants  of  Worcester  County,    Massachu- 
setts.     By  Joseph  Jackson.      Second  Edition,  revised  and   enlarged. 
1894.      Sm .  8vo,  76  pp.      Illustrated. 


FRANKLIN  P.  RICE.  19 

XCIX. 
A  Tribute  to  Clark  Jillson  from  The  Worcesfer  Society  of  Antiquity, 
July  3,  1894.    [Reprint  from  the  Proceedings]      1895.      8vo,  25 
pp.     50  co-pies. 

C. 
Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  1894.    1895. 
8vo,  86  pp.     joo  copies. 

This  number  closed  my  active  connection  with  the  publication  work  of  the  So- 
ciety, as  I  was  summarily  deposed  from  my  position  while  under  the  disability  con- 
sequent to  a  fractured  arm  and  unable  to  attend  the  meetings. 

CI. 
Worcester  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths  [1714-1848].     Com- 
piled by  Franklin  P.  Rice.      Published  by  The  Worcester  Society 
of  Antiquity  [Volume  xii.  of  the  Collections].     1894.      8vo,  527 
pp.     300  copies. 

CII. 
Worcester  Town   Records,    i  833-1 848.      Edited  by  Franklin   P. 
Rice.     Published  by  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity    [Volume 
XV.  of  the  Collections].    1895.      8vo,  430  pp.     JOO  copies. 

The  two  preceding  were  not  entirely  completed  until,  the  first  sometime  in  1896, 
the  other  in  March,  1898. 

cm. 

Romance  and  Humor  in  Worcester's  History.    [By  Franklin  P.  Rice]. 

l6mo,  44  pp.   [not  completed].    1896  or  7. 

CIV. 
New  England  Folk-Lore.      The  Devil  and  Tom  Walker.      The  First 

Worcester  Edition.    1896.      32  mo,  11  pp. 

This  trifle  an  attempt  at  a  practical  joke  on  the  publishers,  Putnam,  Davis  and 
Company. 

cv. 

General  JosiAH  Pickett.      Sm.  4to,  4  pp.      1897. 

I  worked  for  some  time  with  my  friend.  General  Pickett,  to  produce  a  form  of 
a  biographical  sketch  that  would  be  satisfactory  to  his  supersensitive  nature.  Tliis 
required  the  exercise  of  ingenuity  and  patience,  for  which  he  gratefully  commended 
me.  This  sketch  was  used  as  the  basis  of  form  in  various  publications  in  which  a 
notice  of  him  appeared. 


20  PRIVATE  PRESS  OF 

cvi. 

The  Worcester  Records.  Proceedings  at  a  Dinner  given  at  the  Lincoln 
House  in  Worcester,  November  3d,  1897,  to  Franklin  P.  Rice,  in 
Recognition  of  Work  accomplished  in  the  Development  of  System- 
atic History.      8vo,  34  pp.     500  copies. 

CVII. 

Genealogy  of  some  of  the  Descendants  of  Obediah  Wheeler  of  Con- 
cord, and  Thomas  Thaxter  of  Hingham.  By  Henry  M.  Wheeler. 
I  898.      Svo,  74  pp. 

I  printed  a  private  edition  of  fifty  copies  for  Mr.  Wheeler,  which  was  bound  in 
cloth.    I  also  made  one  hundred  copies  more  with  paper  covers,  which  I  published. 

CVIII. 
Bibliography  of  Worcester.  A  List  of  Books,  Pamphlets,  News- 
papers and  Broadsides,  printed  in  the  Town  of  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts, from  1775  to  1848.  With  Historical  and  Explanatory 
Notes.  By  Charles  Lemuel  Nichols.  Privately  printed,  mdcccxcix. 
Sq.  8vo,  216  pp.  Portrait  and  facsimiles.  200  copies,  and  2^  on 
large  paper. 

This  undertaking  was  in  progress  three  years  or  more.  In  the  intervening  fifteen 
years  some  revision  and  additions  have  been  made,  and  the  reprinting  of  a  portion  of 
the  text  is  about  to  be  undertaken  on  my  press  for  that  part  of  the  edition  remaining 
in  possession  of  the  author. 

CIX. 
New  Hampshire.      Lake   Region  Inscriptions  :    Whiteface  Intervale, 
Sandwich.      Perkins  Ground,  New  Durham.      Further  Memorials 
of  Meredith.      Published  by  Franklin   P.  Rice.      1900.      8vo,    28 
pp.     50  copies. 

The  next  five  are  notable  as  the  beginnings  of  the  Systematic  History  Fund  pub- 
lications which  preceded  and  influenced  the  State  Vital  Record  work  three  years 
later,  and  with  which  I  cooperated  the  ten  years  following. 

ex. 

Worcester  County  Warnings,  i 737-1 788.  With  an  Introduction 
by  Francis  E.  Blake.  Published  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.  Svo,  loi  pp. 
1899.      100  copies. 

CXI. 

Vital  Records  of  the  Town  of  Auburn,  (formerly  Ward),  Massa- 
chusetts, to  the  end  of  the  year  1850.      With  the  Inscriptions  from 


FRANKLIN  P.  RICE.  ai 

the  Old  Burial  Grounds.      Collected  and  arranged  by  Franklin  P. 
Rice.      8vo,  142  pp.      1900.      ijo  copies. 

CXII. 
Vital  Records  of  the  Town  of  Boylston,  Massachusetts,   to  the  end 
of  the  year  1850.      Collected  and  arranged  by   Franklin   P.  Rice. 
8vo,  I  24  pp.      1 900.      120  copies. 

CXIII. 
Vital  Records  of  the  Town  of  Northborough,  Massachusetts,  to  the 
end  of  the  year  1850.      The  larger  part  from  the  copy  made  by 
Oilman  B.  Howe,  formerly  Town  Clerk.      8vo,  153  pp.      1901. 
120  copies. 

CXIV. 
Vital  Records  of  the  Town  of  Princeton,  Massachusetts,  to  the   end 
of  the  year  i  850.    [Complete  only  through  the  Births].    1902.  8vo, 
79  pp.      1^0  copies. 

CXV. 
History  of  the  Fanning  Family.  A  Genealogical  Record  to  1900  of 
the  Descendants  of  Edmund  Fanning,  the  Emigrant  Ancestor  in 
America,  who  settled  in  Connecticut  in  1653,  etc.  By  Walter 
Frederic  Brooks.  Illustrated  with  many  plates  and  maps.  In  two 
volumes,  large  8vo,  872  pp.  (continuous).      1905.      2IO  copies. 

CXVI. 
Paxton,  Massachusetts,  Burial  Ground  Inscriptions,  to  the  end  of  the 
year  1849.      Systematic  History  Fund  (Auxiliary).      Published  by 
Franklin  P.    Rice,   Trustee  of  the  Fund.      1906.      8vo,    32   pp. 
Plate.      100  copies. 

CXVII. 
Marlborough,    Massachusetts,    Burial    Ground    Inscriptions :      Old 
Common,  Spring  Hill,  and  Brigham  Cemeteries.      Systematic  His- 
tory Fund  (Auxiliary).      Published  by   Franklin   P.  Rice,  Trustee 
of  the  Fund.      1908.      8vo,  218  pp.      Illustrated.      100  copies. 
CXVIII. 
Sixth  Report  of  the  Trustees  of  Donations  for  Education  in  Liberia. 
Adopted  April  12,  1865.    [Reprint  for  my  friend,  Mr.  Francis  E. 
Blake].      8vo,  51  pp.      1913.      15  copies 


11  PRIVATE  PRESS  OF 

CXIX. 
Pierre  de  Coulevain.      [This  a  sketch  of  the  French   writer.  Mile. 
Fabre,  printed  for   my    friend.    Miss    Anna   L.  Kendall].      1913- 
i6mo,  7  pp. 

cxx. 

Time  Notes.     Franklin  P.  Rice.    8vo,  430?  pp.      1915.  100  copies. 

CXXI. 

A  Catalogue  of  Books  and  Pamphlets  issued  from  the  Private  Press 
of  Franklin  P.  Rice,  from  1871  to  191  5.  With  a  List  of  Publi- 
cations written,  compiled  or  edited  by  Mr.  Rice,  but  not  printed  on 
his  press.      8vo,  191  5.     160  copies. 

CXXII. 

A  List  of  New  Books  in  Holden's  Circulating  Library,  1878.  i8mo, 
8  pp.  [A  copy  recently  found,  and  this  suggests  other  productions 
of  which  I  have  a  vague  recollection,  but  the  exact  titles  cannot  be 
recalled] . 


LIST  OF  PUBLICATIONS 

WRITTEN,   COMPILED   OR   EDITED   BY   Mr-    RICE,   BUT   NOT 

PRINTED  ON  HIS  PRESS. 

I. 

Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds  in  Worcester,  Massachu- 
setts. Published  by  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity.  1878. 
8vo,  I  24  pp. 

I  was  one  of  the  committee  to  prepare  this  work  for  the  press,  and  copied  a  part 
of  the  Inscriptions  and  verified  the  whole. 

II. 
A  Memorial  Sketch  of  the  Rev.  George  Allen.      [Reprinted  from 
the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  1883.] 
Portrait.      8vo,  1 1  pp.     50  copies. 

III. 
Proceedings  at  the  Tenth  Anniversary  of  The  Worcester  Society  of 
Antiquity,  January  27th,  1885.      8vo,  100  pp. 


FRANKLIN  P.  RICE.  23 

IV. 
Centennial  Celebration  of  the  Incorporation  of  the  Town  of  Boylston, 
Massachusetts,  1886.      1887.      8vo,  141  pp. 

V. 
Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  for  the  year  1 886. 
1887.      8vo,  168  pp.     joo  copies. 

VI. 
The  New  England  Emigrant  Aid  Company,  and  its  Influence,  through 
the  Kansas  Contest,  upon  National  History.  By  Eli  Thayer.  [Seal 
of  Kansas] .  [Reprint  from  the  Proceedings  of  The  Worcester  So- 
ciety of  Antiquity  for  1 886].  Published  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.  1887. 
8vo,  48  pp.      1000  copies. 

The  writer  congratulates  himself  that  he  was  responsible  for  inducing  the  Honor- 
able Eli  Thayer  to  make  this  first  statement  of  the  important  historical  matter  con- 
tained in  this  pamphlet,  which  was  followed  by  Tht  Kansas  Crusade,  The  Kansas 
Conflict,  and  so  many  other  publications  to  correct  the  course  of  History. 

VII. 
A  Souvenir  of  ye  Old  South  Meetin'  House.     1887.     Folio,  24  pp. 
Many  illustrations.      Published  by  F.  S.  Blanchard  and  Company. 
The  text  a  reprint  of  the  papers  I  had  contributed  to   Tke  Neiv   England  Home 
yournal. 

VIII. 

Carl's  Tour  in  Main  Street.    1889.    i2mo,  246  pp.      Published  by 

Sanford  and  Davis. 

IX. 

Dictionary  of  Worcester.  By  Franklin  P.  Rice.  Published  by  F.  S. 
Blanchard  and  Company.  Two  editions,  one  in  1889  (25  copies) 
oi  108  pp,  the  other,  revised,  with  135  pages,  of  1 000  copies,  re- 
printed from  The  Worcester  Commercial  m  1893. 

X. 

The  Worcester  of  1898.    Edited  by  Franklin  P.  Rice.    1899.    Large 

8vo,  809  pp.    Profusely  illustrated.     Published  by  F.  S.  Blanchard 

and  Company. 

XI. 

The  New  City  Hall,  Worcester,  Mass.,    a  Testimonial  to  the  City 

Hall  Commissioners  from  the  City  Council.    [The  text  by  Franklin 


24  PUBLICATIONS  OF 

P.  Rice]  Many  illustrations,  mdcccxcix.  Large  410,  146  pp.  100 
copies. 

Publications  of  The  Systematic  ?l^tStOrg  jFuntr,  of  which 

the  first  four  and  two  later  ones  were  printed  on  my  press.  This 
was  the  beginning  of  the  State  Vital  Records  work  now  in  progress. 
The  lists  of  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths  were  printed  to  the  end 
of  the  year  1849.  These  volumes,  with  one  exception  (the  Colo- 
nial Records  of  Marlborough)  were  printed  at  the  Stanhope  Press 

in  Boston. 

'      XII.  to  XLVI. 

Princeton  Vital  Records,  8vo,  195  pp.      1902. 

Westborough  Vital  Records,  258  pp.      1903. 

Leicester  Vital  Records,  284  pp.      1903.     ' 

Barrc  Vital  Records,  276  pp:      1903. 

Southborough  Vital  Recojds,  187  pp.      1903. 

Millbury  Vital  Records,  158  pp.      1903. 

Holden  Vital  Records,  236  pp.      1904. 

Shrewsbury  Vital  Records,  282  pp.      1904. 

Petersham  Vital  Records,  193  pp.      1904. 

Upton  Vital  Records,  190  pp.      1904. 

Rutland  Vital  Records,  255  pp.      1905. 

Oxford  Vital  Records,  315  pp.      1905. 

Charlton  Vital  Records,  268  pp.      1905. 

Oakham  Vital  Records,  133  pp.      1905. 

Royalston  Vital  Records,  196  pp.      1906. 

Douglas  Vital  Records,  192  pp.      1906. 

Grafton  Vital  Records,  377  pp.      1906. 

Phillipston  Vital  Records,  121  pp.      1906. 

Sutton  Vital  Records,  478  pp.      1907. 

Gardner  Vital  Records,  136  pp.      1907. 

Templeton  Vital  Records,  212  pp.      1907. 

Hubbardston  Vital  Records,  226  pp.      1907. 


FRANKLIN   P.  RICE.  25 

Marlborough  Vital  Records,  404  pp.      1908. 
Marlborough  Colonial  Records,  1656  to  1729.      1909. 
Westminster  Vital  Records,  258  pp.      1908. 
Dudley  Vital  Records,  288  pp.      1908. 
Spencer  Vital  Records,  276  pp.      1909. 
Ashburnham  Vital  Records,  2 1  5  pp.      1 909. 
Brookfield  Vital  Records,  549  pp.      1909. 
Winchendon  Vital  Records,  223  pp.      1909. 
Bolton  Vital  Records,  232  pp.      1910. 
Warren  Vital  Records,  196  pp.      1910. 
Athol  Vital  Records,  230  pp.      1910. 
West  Boylston  Vital  Records,  153  pp.      191 1. 
Leominster  Vital  Records,  369  pp.      191 1. 

THE  WORCESTER  NATURAL  HISTORY  SOCIETY. 

I  had  the  planning  and  supervision  of  two  publications  of  this  Society 
— Perry's  Geology  of  Worcester,  and  Jackson's  Third  Edition 
of  the  Flora  of  Worcester  County,  the  first  printed  at  the  Ham- 
ilton Press  in  Worcester,  1903,  the  other  at  the  Stanhope  Press  in 
Boston,  1909. 

THE  AMERICAN  ANTIQUARIAN  SOCIETY. 

Since  1906  I  have  had,  as  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Publication 
of  The  American  Antiquarian  Society,  the  general  management  of 
the  publication  work  and  the  direction  of  the  printing.  Two  large 
volumes  have  been  executed  at  the  Stanhope  Press,  Boston,  and  the 
semi-annual  issues  at  the  Davis  Press,  Worcester. 

BLAKE'S  HISTORY  OF  PRINCETON. 

During  the  past  three  years  I  have  given  considerable  eiFort  to  the  prep- 
aration of  the  materials  of  this  production  for  publication,  and  it  has 
recently  been  issued  from  the  Stanhope  Press  in  Boston. 


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